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Norfolk, 17 Aug 1778
Begun shearing my Wheat this morning and gave the Shearers according to the Norfolk Custom… 11 o’clock plumb Cakes with Caraway Seeds… & some Liquor, a good Dinner with plumb Puddings, and at 4 Beer again. NB the above are called elevens & fours’s.

— Reverend James Woodforde ( Parson Woodforde ) (@JamesWoodforde1) August 16, 2023